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Fissidens Fontanus
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Source: barrreport.com / Credit: Jason King
General Description #
- Common Names – Synonyms
- Phoenix moss
- Order
- Dicranales
- Genus
- Fissidens
- Family
- Fissidentaceae
- Origin – Distribution
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- Unknown
- Level of Difficulty
- Beginner / Easy
- Height
- 0-10cm (0-3.9 Inches) High
- Growth Rate
- Medium
- Light Requirements
- Medium Light (35-50 PAR)
- Co2 Requirements
- Recommended (Medium light)
- Temperature Tolerance
- 4 to 26 °C
- PH Range
- 5 to 7.5
- Plant Type
- Moss or Liverwort
- Carbonate Hardness (dKH)
- 0 to 14 °dKH
- Can Be Grown Emmersed?
- Unknown
Fissidens fontanus or the phoenix moss is a real aquatic moss that can attach itself to wood or rock. The leaves are 3 to 5mm long and dark green.
It can survive in non-CO2 injected aquariums, but does better with good CO2 and relatively high light levels. This moss can grow from small particles and even grows back if the wood piece it colonized is allowed to dry out. It can even be seen growing on aquasoil granules. It is particularly prone to colonization by cladophora algae.
References #
Photo 1: Pearling phoenix moss. Source: Mihai Zamfir (Allwissend), 2017. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
